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Maps

1459 Frau Mauro copy.jpg

1459 Frau Mauro. Expands to Russia, Madagascar, Japan

1300 Hereford-Mappamundilarge copy.jpg

1300 Hereford Mappamundi, scale and geometry poor. Centered on Jerusalem, water is the Meditteranean

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150 AD Ptolomy map - decent scale - extends to UK, Morocco, Thailand.

Maps are re-oriented to all face North.

1436 Mappamundi. Expands to Baltic, Equatorial Africa, India. Improved scale and geometry of Europe.

1450 Mappamundi. Expands to Arctic Sea, South Africa, China

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1482 engraved by Johannes Schnitzer. Improved scaling and geometry. Rivers discovered.

1509 Wiedsmillur.avif

1509  Wiedsmuller. Expands to Americas, Spice Islands, edge of Australia.

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